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VMware joins Samsung and Salesforce in Digital Asset’s Series C financing

Digital Asset, the creators of the open source DAML smart contract language, announced today that VMware has joined the company’s Series C financing round, which was announced last December.

R3 chief Rutter assembles team to build corporate bond trading platform

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R3 chief Rutter assembles team to build corporate bond trading platform

David Rutter, founder of LiquidityEdge and R3, is looking to tackle some of the biggest challenges in the corporate bond market with a new trading platform, LedgerEdge.

Digital asset infrastructure firm Metaco raises $17m

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Digital asset infrastructure firm Metaco raises $17m

Swiss digital asset infrastructure startup Metaco has raised $17 million in a series A funding round led by Giesecke+Devrient and joined by Standard Chartered Bank and Zürcher Kantonalbank.

MAS ready for live deployment of DLT-led payments

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MAS ready for live deployment of DLT-led payments

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is looking ahead to live deployment of blockchain technology for multi-currency payments after successfully completing a fifth and final phase of testing with JPMorgan and Temasek.

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New Singapore bank ADBC inks MoU with Tencent Cloud

Tencent Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Tencent – a leading provider of internet value added services in China, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asia Digital Bank Corporation (ADBC) in Singapore, kicking off collaborations on cloud-based financial services and joint innovations towards a data-driven digital bank to boost local businesses in Singapore through innovative technology and hands-on digital banking operations.

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Radix DLT raises $4.1m for public release of DeFi protocol

Radix DLT has raised $4.1m from LocalGlobe, and TransferWise’s Taavet Hinrikus, to bring its revolutionary decentralised finance protocol to the public.

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ING joins Global Digital Finance

Global Digital Finance (GDF), a leading industry association advocating and accelerating the adoption of digital assets, has today announced that global banking giant and blockchain/DLT innovation leader ING has assumed a seat on the GDF Advisory Council and become Co-chair of its Custody Working Group.

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Global Blockchain Business Council adds SDX's Tim Grant to board

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading industry association for the blockchain ecosystem, has named Tim Grant, Head of Business at SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the Swiss-based leading digital asset exchange, to its Board of Directors.

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EssDOCS’ CargoDocs DocEx to be available within Finacle Trade Connect blockchain

essDOCS, the leading enabler of paperless trade, today announced a partnership with Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), for driving automation in Trade finance processes though Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

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Chainalysis tops up Series B

Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today announced it raised an additional $13M to expand its Series B round to $49M with an investment from Ribbit Capital and Sound Ventures.

UNICEF turning to cryptocurrency in fight against Covid-19

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UNICEF turning to cryptocurrency in fight against Covid-19

Global children’s charity UNICEF is looking to greatly expand its use of cryptocurrency as it aims to respond to the demands of donors and better support companies around the world in their fight against the effects of Covid-19.

Tisa selects Atos for MiFID II blockchain utility for asset management industry

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Tisa selects Atos for MiFID II blockchain utility for asset management industry

Tisa, the UK’s cross-industry financial services membership body, has called in Atos to build a European MiFID II blockchain utility for the asset management industry.

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Currencycloud to process cross-border payments on RippleNet

Currencycloud, the global leader in providing embedded B2B cross-border payments for platforms of the future, today announced a partnership with Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments.

Digital asset security outfit Curv raises $23 million

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Digital asset security outfit Curv raises $23 million

Institutional-grade blockchain security app Curv has raised raised $23M in Series A funding with investment from CommerzVentures, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Team8 and Digital Garage Lab Fund.

More maturity needed from AI, DLT and IoT to power sustainable finance data

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More maturity needed from AI, DLT and IoT to power sustainable finance data

The executive director of Green Digital Finance Alliance, a partnership between Ant Financial and the UN Environment Programme, has told Finextra Research about the mixed picture in being able to harness new technology to collect and tap into the data required to drive investment for sustainable goals.

ASX to delay Chess replacement system by a year

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ASX to delay Chess replacement system by a year

The Australia Securities Exchange is to delay the roll out of its post-trade blockchain platform by a year, citing the global Covid pandemic and operational load on market participants.

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Billon wins UK grant to develop Covid-19 training and immunity certificates on distributed ledger

Billon Group received a £50,000 grant in the Fast Start Competition by Innovate UK to build a distributed ledger platform to store COVID-19 related certificates to support workers’ safe return to the workplace.

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Blockchain Association Singapore to buiild talent pipeline through MoU with banking union

Blockchain Association Singapore (BAS) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Banking and Financial Services Union (BFSU) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to grow the blockchain professionals in Singapore and build a sustainable pipeline of talents to bolster the blockchain ecosystem.

Nasdaq unveils Marketplace Services Platform

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Nasdaq unveils Marketplace Services Platform

Nasdaq has launched Marketplace Services Platform, making it easy to exchange assets, services and information across market ecosystems.

SIA achieves blockchain interoperability goal with Quant Network

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SIA achieves blockchain interoperability goal with Quant Network

Banking users of SIA's private blockchain infrastructure will be able to link up with other distributed ledgers following successful testing of interoperability via Quant Network's Overledger technology.

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